Comments on: Music articles

By: John

John — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:48:08 +0000

Hey Simon – people keep pointing that out, but I just realised they actually did get referenced: “Like Sides, after a couple of years the Temple sadly changed management and in turn, the DJ’s and music policy.”

And that’s all I had to say about, in the space I had… and this is just from my perspective of course :)

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:09:58 +0000

i could relate to alot of your article as i was regular visitor to some of the named nights/venue”s but the one thing i cant relate to is how Pat hyland & Mick Walsh didnt get a mention anywhere since they were the inovators & DJ”d most of clubs that u mention.They were the main men…!!

By: Liam Rabbitt

Liam Rabbitt — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:53:55 +0000

Mmm ok do none of you rember Tumbling Cross Dance experance ? !st rave held in Olympia Ballroom ? Any way I was involved in a lot of rave as the Irish agent for turbososund and desging the system venue, Layout Sound and lighting.
Ok The System )))) were having a reunion http://thesystemreunion.com for details as for Ollie Dowling Might have a number for him. Great to read all of above. Keep it up

By: Colm

Colm — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:50:23 +0000

John (formerly known as DJ Bass)I am glad you enjoyed the nights. Dave came over and DJed for us twice. What knocked me out about all these (some of them already superstar) DJs was how they entered the spirit of things. To keep costs down (4 quid entry) they either slept on my couch or stayed in a cheap B&B. I still remember walking up Sth Annes St with Gilles Peterson and he looked at the huge queue and went what club is that for? They were all knocked out by the enthusiasm of the Voodoo crowd.

By: Colm

Colm — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:42:32 +0000

No problem John. There is a good book or documentary to be done on the Dublin club scene. As far as I can remember Smiley Bolger (another Dublin legend!)was promoting the Saturday nights in McGons before Club Sandino and Voodoo moved in on alternative Saturday nights. The owner Bill Fuller asked me to promote his Saturday nights in the Electric Ballroom in Camden so I moved over to London in 1990 to DJ the night with Jay Strongman. Happy days but I’m to old for all that nonsense now!

By: John

John — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:54:02 +0000

That's brilliant. Definitely better than a lot of mashups I hear. I just posted it on the blog. Most of my creative output is more visual these days. All my studio gear is in the attic - but I did set up my decks and records again just recently.

By: - John (formerly known as DJ Bass)

- John (formerly known as DJ Bass) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:43:43 +0000

We might be ‘settled’ but it hard to get the rid of old habits.
I recently discovered the ‘Video Mash Up’ as a creative outlet.
Hope this link works:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxfhRpzgjq4

If it doesn’t, search YouTube for ‘Paid in London’. johnpfw – that would be me!

By: John

John — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:31:08 +0000

Hi John! No idea to be honest – I’m really out of the loop these days. Haven’t heard his name in years now. So he’s probably as settled as the rest of us!

By: John

John — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:23:55 +0000

Hi Colm. Thanks for the feedback. I think I was possibly in McGonagles before it became Voodoo and that’s one club where I got some info off someone else – looking at it again I think I might have got the music policy between Voodoo and McGonagles-Pre- Vodoo mixed up a bit.

Not exactly something I want to keep editing but that does seem like a bit of a clanger and have just amended it.

Cheers!

By: - John (formerly known as DJ Bass)

- John (formerly known as DJ Bass) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:07:12 +0000

Hey John,
Any idea if Ollie Dowling (DFC) is still doing stuff, back there in Dublin? I left Ireland in 1998 and am currently living in Las Vegas, so I’ve no way of checking into it myself.
Cheers!